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Broken Social Scene's Jason Collett Staging Basement Variety Show

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Filed under: News , Exclusive , Canada Most of us have one or two really talented friends. Y'know, those_thumbnail.gifted, smart and charming folks who make you feel like an untalented rube. But what do you do if all of your friends are of that blessed ilk? If you're Jason Collett , you host an annual holiday spectacular. Jason Collett's third annual Basement Revue Series take place Tuesdays in December at Toronto's urban cowboy-themed Dakota Tavern. The multi-disciplinary variety show brings together some of Canada's most talented musicians, songwriters, poets and raconteurs. While the line-up is kept hush-hush, rumour has it that this year's guest will include members of Broken Social Scene , Rich Terfry ( Buck 65 ), k-os , Luke Doucet , celebrity chef Michael P. Clive and Melissa McClelland to name just a few. "There will be plenty of surprises every night," said Collett.

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Dave Grohl on Nirvana's "Disastrous" Reading Gig

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:45:08 +0000

Nirvana's headlining gig at England's Reading Fest in 1992 has gone down in rock history as a legendary performance, showing the trio at their pinnacle of showmanship and popularity as Nevermind conquered the charts and Kurt Cobain was crowned "the voice of a generation." But drummer Dave Grohl figured the show would be Nirvana's last! "I really thought, 'This will be a disaster, this will be the end of our career for sure,'" Grohl told the Scotsman . "Kurt had been in and out of rehab, communication in the band was beginning to be strained. Kurt was living in L.A., Krist and I were in Seattle. People weren't even sure if we were going to show up. We rehearsed once, the night before, and it wasn't good." As the show began, Cobain was pushed onstage in a wheelchair, dressed in a hospital gown, and jokingly collapsed before jumping up and starting the show with a fiery rendition of "Breed." Nirvana then ripped through a 25-song, 90-minute performance for an audience of 50,000. "It turned ...

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Dave Grohl: 'I thought Nirvana's Reading Festival show would end our career'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:13:29 +0000

Drummer predicted the headline gig would be 'a disaster' > >

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Dave Grohl Says Success Led to Foo Fighters' Hiatus

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:00:00 +0000

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , New Music , Exclusive The Foo Fighters are on a very well-documented break, with all of the members doing other projects. Nate Mendel is on the road with Sunny Day Real Estate and Dave Grohl joined some guys named Josh Homme and John Paul Jones for a band you might've read about called Them Crooked Vultures . But the hiatus has nothing to do with the guys hating each other -- Grohl tells Spinner that after the band ended their last tour they went right into the studio and recorded 13 tracks, two of which, 'Wheels' and 'Word Forward,' ended up on the new 'Greatest Hits' collection. So why the break then? "I think, to me, the most important thing was to give the audience a break from the band, not even that we need to stop playing," he says. "I feel like the world doesn't need another Foo Fighters record right now."

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Them Crooked Vultures planning second album

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:24:42 +0000

Dave Grohl and co want it to be louder than their debut

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Catching Up With... David Rawlings

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:16 +0000

Although the records are released under Gillian Welch’s name, she and David Rawlings are essentially a duo. They write together, record together and perform together, and his guitar parts and harmonies are essential to their songs. They’re still performing live but haven’t released a record since 2003’s Soul Journey. While anxious fans were awaiting a new Welch album, Dave Rawlings Machine’s A Friend Of a Friend, out this week, was announced. As expected, Rawlings sings lead, but Welch contributes to every song. I spoke to Rawlings about the new record and what they’ve been doing all this time....

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Colum McCann, Dave Eggers Win Big at 60th Annual National Book Awards

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:08 +0000

Last night, at a black-tie ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, the National Book Awards winners were announced for seven different literary categories. Satirist Andy Borowitz, who runs fake news website The Borowitz Report, emceed the event....

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Krist Novoselic Calls Dave Grohl 'Greatest Rock Musician in the World'

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:15:00 +0000

Filed under: News Although the surviving members of Nirvana have always been tremendously loyal to each other, former bassist Krist Novoselic has taken his allegiance to a new level with this week's installment of his Seattle Weekly blog . Novoselic has proclaimed former bandmate Dave Grohl "the greatest rock musician in the world today". While it's weighty praise, Novoselic insists such accolades are well deserved. "[It] dawned on me when I was reading Sunday's New York Times ," he wrote. "Don't believe me? The man is dominating November music releases. Here we go: Nirvana's Reading DVD, Foo Fighters ' 'Greatest Hits' and new work with Them Crooked Vultures ."

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Them Crooked Vultures Impress Slash in L.A.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:30:00 +0000

Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Them Crooked Vultures -- the supergroup of Dave Grohl , Led Zeppelin 's John Paul Jones and Queens of the Stone Age 's Josh Homme -- kicked off the start of a brief American tour in Los Angeles this week. The band, who just released their heavy, self-titled debut album, got the chance to show off their skills to around 2,000 fans at the sold-out Wiltern on Tuesday. "Ladies and gentlemen!" was Homme's opening greeting to the crowd -- which included actor Breckin Meyer and Homme's wife, Brody Dalle -- before he provided an introduction. "We're a new band called Them Crooked Vultures and we're gonna have a good time."

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